We develop compassionate, engaged students who are HAPPY to be at school.

Upcoming Important Dates

2/28 - Currito Restaurant Night (details below) 3/1 - Parent Teacher Conferences 3/7 - @ 8am PTO Meeting (location TBD) 4/19- @ 6-10pm Spring Celebration at the 20th Century Theatre! 5/18 - HPS Field Day

Upcoming Events

School Spirit Tastes Great! Restaurant Night at CURRITO is Wednesday 28th this week!  A flyer will be distributed in this week's Tuesday folder. Please bring this flyer with you Wednesday the 28th to the Currito @ 3654 Edwards Rd. for us to receive 20% of the proceeds to the PTO. Plan to grab food or dine in at the Hyde Park location between 11AM - 10PM. Thank you!

The First Teacher Experience is Available! The Amazing Race! Calling all 3rd through 6th graders ! Join your HPS friends and some of your favorite teachers (pictured above) for a day of adventure, competition, and Amazing Race fun! Teams of four (2 sets of pairs) will compete against one another in a variety of challenges around Hyde Park and Oakley. Each team will have the opportunity to complete 12 challenges (examples from last year are pictured above), and then everyone will meet for lunch. Saturday, April 14 from 10am-1pm Each racer will need to choose a teammate and then register together with ONE sign-up . Cost is $40 per person ($80 for each student teammate pair). Sign up and get more details by clicking here: https://hpsamazingrace.eventbrite.com

Volunteer Opportunities

Food Collection for the Spring Teacher Conferences We still have a couple slots open on the signup! Please consider bringing something in to feed teachers on conference day. Teacher conferences are being held on 3/1 and we’d like to show our appreciation by providing light snacks to keep them going during the late hours! PTO will cater a lunch for the staff, but we’re asking for donations of food items to keep in the teacher’s lounge throughout the day. Please do your part to brighten a teacher’s day. Sign up with the following link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ca4ae2fa3fb6-31teacher/19467535

Sports Highlight

Today is the Last Day for Baseball Registration! HPS is excited to have baseball teams this spring at the tee-ball, coach-pitch and 8U and 9U levels. There are still a few spots open, and we want you on the team!  Registration ends tonight - Sunday, February 25. Go to  http://sports.bluesombrero.com/hydeparkschool . Go Eagles!

General Announcements

HPS Yearbook Photo Submissions Final few weeks for photo collections to be included in this year's yearbook! Ms. Roberts is in need of your pictures ASAP. If you have any happy Hyde Park faces to share, Ms. Roberts would be very appreciative! Please email them to:  hpsyearbook1@gmail.com . Don't forget to attach them as  ACTUAL SIZE, and also  include the  GRADE LEVEL, HOMEROOM TEACHER  and the  EVENT.

HPS International Night The International Night Team would like to thank all of those that joined us for a trip around the world in celebration of our school's culturally diverse community. We would like to send a special thank you to those families who helped to make this night such a success.  The Group Hug shirts our team was wearing will be on sale until March 1st. All the funds raised from shirt sales will help offset the cost of the 2019 event.   https://www.customink.com/fundraising/hps-international-night International Night Team

HPS Bowling Day Thank you to all the families who attended the annual HPS Bowling day at Stone Lanes. We even had Principal Sunderman and a few teacher celebrities join in the fun! Smiles on faces were seen throughout the day as kids bowled and ate pizza. If you missed it, we'll be hosting another one next year!

HPSCPY Musical Playground Installation & Elective Materials Needed We are pleased to announce that HPS will be partnering with ArtsWave and Melodic Connections to add a “musical playground” to our HPSCPY project! Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Messerly are teaching an elective to grades 3-6 that, in partnership with these groups, will be designing the installation. To help the students construct their designs, we are seeking the following materials, which we hope you may have lying around your garage or basement: PVC pipe (any & all sizes) wood scraps (all sizes & types) buckets any sizes rope soup cans soda cans wooden dowels old tools (any & all types) keys of all sizes & shapes (chimes) Items can be sent in with your child, dropped off in the office, or dropped off in Mrs. Hughes’ room. Thank you!